Jogger for printing-press flies.



No. 726,435. l PATENTED APR. 28 1903. J. KAUP. JOGGER POR PRINTING PRESS PLIES.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 1, 1902.

NO MODEL.

Unir-tn Sterns nrnivfr Orrin` l JOSEPH KAUF, OF ST; LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF `ONE-I'IALF TO FRANK J'. BAUMGARTNER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

JOGGER 'FOR PRlNTlNGP-RQESS FLIES.

lsrnorrrcn'rrolv forming pewter Leners rarest No. 726,435, dated .april es, ieee. l Application filed December 1, 1902. Serial Nc. 133,389. (No model.) i

TQ-LZZ whom, it may concern: f

Be it known that I, JOSEPH KAUP, a citizen of the United States, residing atSt. Louis,.

sistsin the novel arrangement and combinai` tion of parts more'fully set forth inthe specification and pointed out in the claims..

In the drawings, Figure 1` is a topY plan of a fly-liedshowing'rny inventionapplied thereto. Fig.A 2 is an endelevation thereof. Fig.

is a top plan ofthe meeting ends of the reciprocating bars shown on an enlargedscale.

Fig. 4 is a verticalsection on linee.1 l of Fig. 3. i Fig. 5 is a detail in top plan. of4 one end of' the reciprocating bar coupled to the ily-shaft. Fig. 6 is a vertical section on line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig.` 7 isa face view 4of the middle'of one of the adjustable joggers and a section on line 7 'I of Fig. 8. Fig. 8 is a top plan of Fig. 7, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section on 'line 9 of ilig. 7.

The 4abject of my invention is to construct a jogger for the fly of a printingpress Whose position can be readily adjnsted to accommodate sheets of variable dimensions, the ade justment being effected with a 'minimum loss of time and labor. j A further object is to construct a jogger which shall be simple, cheap, `and durable. In detail the invention may be described as follows:

Referring to the drawings, l represents the ily-table, and 2 the several sections of the sheet-depositing plate, said sections being separated by the intersecting grooves or ways 3 4, designed for the reception of the reciprocating bars 5 5 6 6.. The outer ends of the several bars are guided within suitable straps 7,A secured .to the table, the inner ends being guided by lugs 8, projecting from a plate 9 .at the bottom of a` central fdepression 10, formed in the table, Fig. Il. The adjacent inner edges of the several bars are toothed, said toothed portionsmeshingsimuitaneonslyvvith ing as a support for the j oggernlate.

i a pinion 11, whose stud or spindle12 is mounted in the plate 9, the several operating parts being Aprotected `.by a cover-plate 13, Figs. `1 and 4. Thev outer end of the bar 5 is provu pivotally secured one'arm of a vbell-crank le# ver 15, mounted on the table, the opposite nected toene end of a flexible band 16, the opposite end of the latter freely Winding cured. The shaftl is mountedin bearings 19, projecting from the table. 'Interior4 to the link 1li-there is coupled to the bar 5 a spring 2O,`Whose opposite end is secured te the tableNat the bottom of the groove 3;

The joggersthat is, the' devices which come in contact with the several edges of the vsheets as the latter are deposited by the ily, so as'toinsure perfect alinement of the sheets as they are piled 11p-are composed of plates 21, coupled to the bars 5 5' 6 6 by mechanism as follows: "To the .lower edge of each plate 21 is secured asaddle or channel 22,embrac ing the reciprocating bar 5 5 6 G and alongA which it may freely slide, sneli saddle servouter face of each. plate 21 pivote'd the levers or jaws23, the short arms of the jaws being freely received, by suitable recesses 24, formed in the Walls of the saddle, whereby the said jaws can firmly grip the bar on which the saddle is mounted rinderthe expansive force of a spring 25, interposed between the terminalwings 26, deflected from the inner edges ofthe long arms of the gripping-levers 23. -By pressing the levers 23 together (a matter accomplished by forcing the wings 26 together and oompressingthe spring 25, as seen by the dotted position of the parts in. Fig. '7) the jaws release their grip on the bar along the bar to any desirable position.

The operation is asl follows: The nj/shaft is oscillated from the printing-press. (.Not

shown by the arrow,l Fig. 2, the ily will deposit thesheet S, previously delivered thereto, the bars 5 5'y 6 6 (while the sheet is being deposited) being simultaneously forced outvided with a link 14, to one end of Which is.

arm'of said bell-crank being pvotally con-v jaround the oscillating fly-shaft 17, by which 'the fly 18 is actuated and to which it isse-` To the and the jogger may be shifted and adjusted v shown.) As it oscillates in the direction original position by the spring 20. With the reciprocation of the bars 5 5K6 6 the several joggers are reoiprocated back and forth, and with each inner movement thereof they bear against the adjacent edges of the sheets previously deposited, thereby preserving a constant-alinement for the edges of the sheets con` stituting thepile. Should the dimensions of the sheets operated on be varied, the initial positions of the joggers can be readily adj usted along the bars, as previouslyv indicated. v y

l do not of course Wish to be limited to the precise details here shown, as they mayin a measure be departed from without aecting the natu re'or spirit of my invention. lt may be stated in passing that by fly I mean any mechanism which takes the sheets from. the press and deposits them at any convenient place, and it is to be understood that theA f-presentjogger may be used in connection with presses not provided with the Specific fly here referred to.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. In a press attachment, a iiy, a series el" reciprocating bars, a jogger mounted on each bar, a channel or saddle secured to each jog ger, a pair of gripping-levers pivoted to each said bars, a central rotatable pinion, teethl formed on the adjacent edges of the meeting ends of the bars and meshing with said pinl ion, a flexible band having one end secured to the shaft, a bell-crank coupled respectively to the opposite end of the band-and to one of? the reciprocating bars, and joggers secured to said bars, the parts operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 3. A jogger comprising a plate, a chance-t or saddle secured to the lower edge thereof, a pair of levers pivoted to one face of the plate, recesses formed in the walls of the saddie for the free passage therethrough of the short arms of the levers, Wings dedected from the long arms of the levers, and a spring interposed between the wings, snbstantiaiiy as set forth.

at. A jogger comprising a plate, a saddle secured to the same, a pair of jaws pivoted adjacent to the saddle, and springs .for forcing the gripping-arms of the jaws together, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof Iaix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH KAUF.

Witnesses:

EMXL STAREK, i?. J. BAUMGARTNER. 

